The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-03-12
a HOSPITAL SCENE,
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BE Treated for Deilrium Tremens.
Visitors to a well known New York
hospital uptown frequently express as
constituent at the appearance and
character of the inmates of one end of
the building. 1t is furnished much
like frst-class club house. There are
billiard and chess rooms smoking
apartments, elegant parlors and
choice library. The rooms face to the
south and are inundate with flood of
cheerful suclight every pleasant morn
ing. The latest newspapers and the
freshest magazines are always to be
found on the center tables Above this
suite of rooms are bedrooms with IRON
barred windows. Each apartment is
heated by steam, and plainly furnished.
There are no carpets on the floors.
The window curtains and the clothing
on the iron bedsteads are as white as
snow, and the brass knobs surmounting
the foot and head boards are polished
until they shine like gold. White
capped nurses fit through the corri-
doris like ghosts, and occasionally APP
palling cries are heard from darkened
rooms at the east of the edifce. Con-
valescents are to be seen in the parlors
below. Nearly all are men of dignifed
appearance. Many are gray-haired,
and all are wel-dressed. Most of them
wear dressing-gowns and slippers. All
are well educated, and converse with
readiness on the most interesting topics
of the day. You will find among them
well known hotel proprietor, several
brokers and real estate dealers, one or
two journalists, few lawyers of SUI
perior intellects, including one of I'M
rivaled brilliancy as an advocate, ana
half 4 dozen politicians They are a
remarkable group. All seem to have
gone through the furnace of intense suf-
feIing Their lips are dry and are fire.
quently moistened by the action of the
tongue. Their faces are bleached and
blanched. Subdued nervousness is APP
parent in their eyes, and in their man.
ner and bearing. They are courtly
and polite in Intercourse, but it is the
courtliness and politeness of a party OF
French mobiles who can not shake of
memories of the Reign of Terror. On
the surface all is suavity and amenity,
but beneath it there is a strong under.
tow Of reserve. They smile at each
jeu de mot and jeu d'eSprit, but very
rarely laugh outright, and they never
slap each other on the knee in the in.
tensity of their enjoyment, At times
you see them furtively watching each
other, as though lost in the depths Of
mental speculation. Anon they herd
together like sheep in a panic Some
sit at tables reading or writing with
spasmodic energy, and others play
billiards. A very few are trying t.
work out abstruse problems at chess
All appear to be men of wealth, aim
lessly busy and nervous as to theil
future. Care is written on thei
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You may fancy this institution either
a lunatic asylum or home for inebri
ates. 1t is nothing of the kind. 1t i
simply ward in the best hospital il
New York City devoted to the cure o
men suffering from delirium tremen
and in mania potu. They pay fort,
dollars week entrance fee and thirt
dollars a week when convalescing
They receive the best of care and medi
cal treatment. Like old hulks and re
claimed wrecks, they are thorough
tumigated, chalked anew, reprinted an
Jeitted, and again made ready for tn
sea of life. Many are thrown on thei
beam ends in the first gale that follow
and are promptly returned to this docl
yard of humanity. Others are swampe
outright in typhoons of dissipation an
never again see the relitting station
Its physicians, and nurses, however
are ever busy, day and night, strength
ening frail crafts, bracing Them at wea
points and readjusting their compasse
Amos j. Cummings, IN N. Y. Ma